Kermit Roosevelt works in a diverse range of fields, focusing on constitutional law and conflict of laws. He has published scholarly books in both fields.
Conflict of Laws (Foundation Press, 2010) offers an accessible analytical overview of conflicts. The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale, 2006) sets out standards by which citizens can determine whether the Supreme Court is abusing its authority to interpret the Constitution.
He has published articles in the Virginia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and Columbia Law Review, among others.
He is also the author of two novels, In the Shadow of the Law (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005) and Allegiance (Regan Arts, 2015).
In 2014, he was selected by the American Law Institute as the Reporter for the Third Restatement of Conflict of Laws.
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Constitutional Interpretation
Villanova Student Chapter
Villanova Law School299 N. Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
Supreme Court Reform and the Biden Commission
Harvard Student Chapter
Harvard Law SchoolZoom
Cambridge, MA 02138
Protecting the Republic or Assaulting Democracy?
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Penn Law3501 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Supreme Court Preview
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- UPenn3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Panel 2 - Originalism and Construction: Does Originalism always provide the Answer?
2010 National Student Symposium
Recently, the so-called “new originalists” have embraced a concept called constitutional construction. Constructionist originalism responds...
Panel 2 - Originalism and Construction: Does Originalism always provide the Answer?
2010 National Student Symposium
Recently, the so-called “new originalists” have embraced a concept called constitutional construction. Constructionist originalism responds...
New Directions in Orginalism
9th Annual Faculty Conference
The Federalist Society's Faculty Division presented this panel discussion at the Ninth Annual Faculty Conference...